The stressor that I chose was violence. I work in Child Welfare, and I find that several of the cases that cone in are due to domestic violence. Sometimes, it is so severe and the children are so traumatized, that it effects their behavior. They in turn, have become violent and lack self control. I have seen children just have a complete meltdown that was triggered by a loud noise or someone dropping their keys, etc. It is hard to work with children who are traumatized by violence, even if the violence was not directly towards them.
I would like to use a personal experience of my own as a child. My father was in the Military and we lived in Germany for 3 years. During our stay there, both my brother and I were verbally assaulted by German children. I was only about 5 and my brother was 9. I still remember thinking to myself, "How could a child have so much hatred and anger towards someone they don't even know? Who taught them this?" It was and still is very sad on their behalf.
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